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A magical memoir about childhood in India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten; a glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the 2...

Riveting and candid memoir of life behind the scenes as US Ambassador and Prime Minister's Press Secretary - a Sunday Times bestsellerChristopher M...

The dramatic story of Elizabeth's first ten years on the throne and the unexplained death that scandalised her court.Elizabeth came to the throne i...

An extraordinary account - from firsthand sources - of upper class women and the active part they took in the WarPre-war debutantes were members of...

The first volume of the 20th century's most phenomenally successful diaries, published alongside first paperback of THE LAST DIARIES.INTO POLITICS ...

Benjamin Disraeli was the most gifted parliamentarian of the nineteenth century and a superb orator, writer and wit - but how much do we really kno...

A humorous and affectionate look at modern Spain, and a celebration of the country's greatest book, from the pen of a brilliant young writer.When i...

'Every person - parent or not - ought to read this . . . beautifully written and searingly honest' i Like grief or falling in love, becoming a moth...

The evocative diaries of a young nurse stationed in northern France during the First World War, published for the first time. A rare insight into t...

The diaries of the most controversial British general of the twentieth century.There's a commonly held view that Douglas Haig was a bone-headed, ca...

'A Baedeker of the past, absorbing and revealing in equal measure' Peter Ackroyd'Brings the age's tortuous splendours and profound murkiness vividl...

All Dylan Thomas' major works gathered together and featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary.A rich collection of D...

A novel about General Maximus, one of the inspirations behind Ridley Scott's massively successful film GLADIATOR.'Behind me I left my youth, my mid...

Turkey, the First World War and the making of the Middle East.The Great War in the Middle East began with the invasion of the Garden of Eden, and e...

The struggle for the soul of England after the death of Henry VIIIIn the death of Henry VIII, the crown passed to his nine-year-old son, Edward. Ho...

Marion Meade portrays Eleanor of Aquitaine as a woman of great intelligence and titanic energy who lived in a passionate and creative age.A compreh...

An acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I and an examination of the politics and intrigues of her Tudor court.Elizabeth I ruled England in defiance of ...

'Reading this book is like taking a ride on a marvellously exhilarating time-machine, alive with colour, surprise and sheer merriment' Jan MorrisEl...

The incredible real life story of the world's first super spy'Full of stimulating detail... vivid glimpses of the world of Elizabethan espionage' G...

Unpublished in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson's, intensely personal lyrics have been much admired and very influential since.

The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism.The story of our navy is nothing less than the ...

A SPY'S LIFE's hero Robert Harland returns in a terrifying post 9/11 thriller.The head of the US National Security Agency is assassinated in a spec...

Genuinely new story of the Second World War - the full account of England's last war against France in 1940-42.Most people think that England's las...

The most comprehensive paperback edition of EVERYMAN available, with introduction and extensive notes.Miracle Plays were a popular form of entertai...